Message processing method and system, storage medium and electronic device

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure is related to a message processing method, which belongs to the field of information processing techniques. The message processing method includes: receiving a first request comprising a first resource identifier; determining whether the first resource identifier exists in a group resource comprising a plurality of second resource identifiers and group members corresponding to the second resource identifiers one by one; and sending the first request to other group member in the group resource than the group member corresponding to the first resource identifier when determining that the first resource identifier exists in the group resource.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present application is based upon International Application No.PCT/CN2018/119242, filed on Dec. 4, 2018 which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 201711296312.1, titled “MESSAGEPROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE” andfiled on Dec. 8, 2017, the entire contents of which are incorporatedherein by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present disclosure relates to the field of information processingtechnique, and in particular, to a message processing method, a messageprocessing system, a computer-readable storage medium and an electronicdevice.

BACKGROUND

With the development of the Internet of Things technology, more and moreterminal devices access the network and register with servers. Theserver creates corresponding resources for the terminal. The resourcesmay not only indicate the state of the terminal, but also the functionof the terminal.

The control of the terminal by an application device may be achievedthrough operating the corresponding resources by the terminal. Commonoperations may include creating, updating, retrieving, deleting,notifying, and so on.

When a large number of terminals access the network and register withthe servers, it is necessary to provide an efficient message processingmethod and system to reduce the number of requests sent and improve theefficiency of the system.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a message processingmethod, a message processing system, a computer-readable storage mediumand an electronic device.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided amessage processing method, including:

receiving a first request including a first resource identifier;

determining whether the first resource identifier exists in a groupresource including a plurality of second resource identifiers and groupmembers corresponding to the second resource identifiers one by one; and

sending the first request to other group member in the group resourcethan the group member corresponding to the first resource identifierwhen determining that the first resource identifier exists in the groupresource.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the messageprocessing method further includes, after the step of determiningwhether the first resource identifier exists in a group resourceincluding a plurality of second resource identifiers and group memberscorresponding to the second resource identifiers one by one:

sending the first request to all of the group members in the groupresource when determining that the first resource identifier informationdoes not exist in the group resource.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the messageprocessing method further includes, after the step of sending the firstrequest to other group member in the group resource than the groupmember corresponding to the first resource identifier:

receiving and aggregating a response message sent by the other groupmember in response to the first request, and sending the responsemessage aggregated to the group member corresponding to the firstresource identifier.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the messageprocessing method further includes, after the step of sending the firstrequest to other group member in the group resource than the groupmember corresponding to the first resource identifier:

storing the respective second resource identifier information in thegroup resource into the group member set in the group resource.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the messageprocessing method further includes, after the step of sending the firstrequest to all of the group members in the group resource:

adding the first resource identifier information to the requestedresource set.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the messageprocessing method further includes:

receiving a second request including a third resource identifier, anddetermining whether the third resource identifier exists in thesubscribed resource list; and

sending the second request to other group member than the group membercorresponding to the respective resource identifier in the subscribedresource list when determining that the third resource identifier existsin the subscribed resource list.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the first requestcomprises one or more of a creating request, an updating request, adeleting request, a retrieving request, a subscribing request, and anotifying request.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided amessage processing system, including:

a request receiving module, configured to receive a first requestincluding a first resource identifier;

a resource identifier determining module, configured to determinewhether the first resource identifier exists in a group resourceincluding a plurality of second resource identifiers and group memberscorresponding to the second resource identifiers one by one; and

a request sending module, configured to send the first request to othergroup member in the group resource than the group member correspondingto the first resource identifier when determining that the firstresource identifier exists in the group resource.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided anon-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a computerprogram stored thereon. The computer program, when being executed by aprocessor, causes the processor to implement any one of the abovemessage processing methods.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided anelectronic device, including:

at least one hardware processor; and

a memory storing instructions being executable by the at least onehardware processor,

the at least one hardware processor is configured to, by executing theinstructions, implement any one of the above message processing methods.

It should be understood that the above general description and thefollowing detailed description are only exemplary and explanatory, anddo not limit the present disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The drawings herein are incorporated into and constitute a part of thisspecification, show embodiments consistent with the present disclosure,and server to, together with the specification, explain the principlesof the present disclosure. Understandably, the drawings in the followingdescription are only some embodiments of the present disclosure. Forthose of ordinary skill in the art, without paying any creative work,other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings.

FIG. 1 schematically shows a schematic diagram of sending and respondingto a message subscription.

FIG. 2 schematically shows another schematic diagram of sending andresponding to a message subscription.

FIG. 3 schematically shows a flowchart of another message processingmethod.

FIG. 4 schematically shows an example of a group resource structure.

FIG. 5 schematically shows a schematic diagram of sending and respondingto a subscription resource creating request.

FIG. 6 schematically shows another schematic diagram of a messageprocessing method.

FIG. 7 schematically shows a block diagram of a message processingsystem.

FIG. 8 schematically shows an electronic device for implementing theabove message processing method.

FIG. 9 schematically shows a computer-readable storage medium forimplementing the above message processing method.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Example embodiments will now be described more fully with reference tothe drawings. However, the example embodiments may be implemented invarious forms, and should not be construed as being limited to theexamples set forth herein; on the contrary, these embodiments areprovided so that the present disclosure is more comprehensive andcomplete, and the concept of the example embodiments is fully conveyedto those skilled in the art. The described features, structures, orcharacteristics may be combined in one or more embodiments in anysuitable manner. In the following description, many specific details areprovided for sufficient understanding of the embodiments of the presentdisclosure. However, those skilled in the art will realize that thetechnical solutions of the present disclosure may be practiced withoutone or more of the specific details, alternatively other methods,components, devices, steps, etc. may be adopted. In other cases,well-known technical solutions are not shown or described in detail inorder to avoid overwhelming the subject and obscuring aspects of thepresent disclosure.

In addition, the drawings are only schematic illustrations of thepresent disclosure and are not necessarily drawn to scale. The samereference numerals in the drawings denote the same or similar parts, andthus their repeated description will be omitted. Some of the blockdiagrams shown in the drawings are functional entities and do notnecessarily have to correspond to physically or logically independententities. These functional entities may be implemented in the form ofsoftware, or implemented in one or more hardware modules or integratedcircuits, or implemented in different networks and/or processor devicesand/or microcontroller devices.

The Internet of Things system is a bridge between an informationproducer and an information consumer, and a specific communicationprocess thereof may include: first, the producer may continuously sendinformation to the Internet of Things system; second, the Internet ofThings system may receive and store the information generated by theproducer; finally, the consumer may continuously obtain the informationfrom the Internet of Things system for consumption.

Further, the Internet of Things system includes two types of entities,i.e., an application entity (AE) and a common service entity (CSE), oneentity of which may register with the other entity. For example, the AEmay register with the CSE, the CSE may also register with the CSE, andafter successful registration, a resource (AE or CSE) is created on theCSE. The AE may operate the resource on the CSE through an operationsuch as CRUDN (creating, updating, retrieving, deleting, and notifying),for example, update a container content under the AE resource through anUPDATE operation.

All entities in the system (including the application entity AE, thecommon service entity CSE, data, etc.) are represented by the resources.The resource may be uniquely identified and include an attribute and asub-resource. The attribute is used to store resource-relatedinformation, the sub-resource is the resource at a lower level of theresource, and the resource includes an index to the sub-resource.

Under the architecture of the Internet of Things system, a functionrelated to a device and a platform is identified by the resource. Amongthem, an <AE> resource may be used to identify an application logic in aphysical device, a <node> may be used to identify relevant informationof the physical device, a <container> may be used as a container andstore specific content information, a <group> resource may combine theresources for management.

In order to facilitate the management of a plurality of entityresources, it is usually managed in groups to create a <group> resourcedirecting to the plurality of entity resources. The Internet of Thingssystem includes a variety of operation methods for the group resources,including creating, retrieving, updating, deleting, subscribing and thelike. The following description takes the subscribing of the groupresources as an example, which may achieve the effect of subscribing toa plurality of group members at once. A group subscription notificationincluded in the Internet of Things system may include the followingsteps: first, sending a subscription resource creating request to asub-resource <fanOutPoint> in a group; second, sending the subscriptionresource creating request to each member in the group when the CSEreceives the request, and creating a <subscription> resource, by eachmember in the group, based on the received subscription resourcecreating request, so that the requester may subscribe to an informationchange of each member in the group. For example, AE1 subscribes toresource changes of AE2 . . . AEn in the group, and is notified when theresources of AE2 . . . AEn change.

Firstly, an example embodiment provides a message processing method. Asshown in FIG. 3, the message processing method may include:

step S310, receiving a first request including a first resourceidentifier;

step S320, determining whether the first resource identifier exists in agroup resource including a plurality of second resource identifiers andgroup members corresponding to the second resource identifiers one byone; and

step S330, sending the first request to other group member in the groupresource than the group member corresponding to the first resourceidentifier when determining that the first resource identifier exists inthe group resource.

In the above message processing method, on the one hand, when it isdetermined that the first resource identifier exists in the groupresource, the first request is sent to the other group member, therebyreducing the number of times of sending a subscription resource creatingrequest to the members in the group and the number of times ofresponding to the subscription resource creation request by the membersin the group, which improves the efficiency of message processing. Onthe other hand, since the number of times of sending the first requestto the members in the group and that of responding to the first requestby the members in the group are reduced, the speed of sending the firstrequest and the speed of responding to the first request are increased,which improves service quality of the system and improves userexperience.

In the following, each step in the above message processing method ofthe example embodiment will be explained and illustrated in detail.

In step S310, the first request, including the first resourceidentifier, is received, which will be described in detail in thefollowing.

First, a resource will be explained and illustrated. In a conventionalInternet of Things system, any of an M2M device, an M2M gateway or anM2M service platform and an application registered thereon may beabstracted as the resource and have a unique resource identifier, namelyURI (Uniform Resource Identifier). The source may be uniquely locatedaccording to the resource identifier. A requested operation on anaccessed resource includes retrieving, creating, updating, deleting,notifying and the like. It should be noted that a plurality of resourcesmay exist on the device to which the accessed resource belongs. Thedevice to which the accessed resource belongs may determine the resourcethat the resource of a requester wishes to access according to theidentifier of the accessed resource.

Next, step S310 will be explained and illustrated based on the aboveresource. First, the first request including the first resourceidentifier sent by any group member (or other members, which is notparticularly limited in this example) is received. The group member maybe, for example, <AE1> or any one of <AE2, AE3, . . . , AEn>, etc.,which is not specifically limited in this example. Further, the firstrequest above may include, for example, retrieving, creating, updating,deleting, and notifying, etc. For example, any member (for example,AE1), when planning to create the group resource, may first send thefirst request to the CSE; then, the CSE, after receiving the firstrequest, responds to the first request and creates the group resource.It should be further noted here that that it may also be AE2, AE3, AEnthat sends the first request to the CSE, which is not specificallylimited in this example.

In step S320, it is determined whether the first resource identifierexists in the group resource comprising the plurality of second resourceidentifiers and the group members corresponding to the second resourceidentifiers one by one, which will be described in detail in thefollowing.

After the above first request is received, it may be determined whetherthe first resource identifier included in the first request exists inthe group resource. The group resource may include the plurality ofsecond resource identifiers and the group members corresponding to thesecond resource identifiers one by one. For example, the group memberthat may be included in the group resource may be <AE1>, or <AE2, AE3, .. . , AEn> and so on.

Further referring to FIG. 4, parameters that may be included in theabove group resource may include: a device type (memberType), a currentnumber of devices (currentNrOfMembers), a maximum number of devices(MaxNrOfMembers), device identifiers (memberIDs), a number ofsubscriptions of group resources (currentNrOfSubscriptions), aneffective start time (effectiveStartTime), an effective end time(effectiveEndTime), a fanout point (fanOutPoint), a fanout other devicepoint (fanOutOtherMembersPoint), etc. Further, the above request forcreating the group resource may direct to<CSEBase>/<group>/<fanOutOtherMembersPoint>.

Further, the above group resource may further include a group memberset, the group member set may include one or more of the second resourceidentifiers, and the group member set may be a group member list. Thedetermining whether the first resource identifier exists in the groupresource including the plurality of second resource identifiers andgroup members corresponding to the second resource identifiers one byone includes: determining whether the first resource identifier existsin the group member set

For example, after receiving the above-mentioned first request, it maybe determined whether the first resource identifier included in thefirst request exists in the group member set including one or more ofthe second resource identifiers. By configuring the group member set inthe group resource, query of the first resource identifier may befacilitated, which improves a speed of the query.

Further, the above group resource may further include a requestedresource set, and the requested resource set includes one or more of thesecond resource identifiers. The determining whether the first resourceidentifier exists in the group resource including the plurality ofsecond resource identifiers and the group members corresponding to thesecond resource identifiers one by one includes: determining whether thefirst resource identifier exists in the requested resource set.

For example, after receiving the above first request, it may bedetermined whether the first resource identifier included in the firstrequest exists in the above requested resource set including one or moreof the second resource identifiers. The requested resource set mayinclude a created resource list, an updated resource list, a deletedresource list, an retrieved resource list, a subscribed resource list, anotified resource list, etc. Further, the requested resource set may bea requested resource list.

In step S330, the first request is sent to the other group member in thegroup resource than the group member corresponding to the first resourceidentifier when it is determined that the first resource identifierexists in the group resource, which will be described in detail in thefollowing.

When it is determined that the first resource identifier exists in thegroup resource, referring to FIG. 5, the first request may be sent tothe other group member (for example, AE2, AE3, . . . , AEn) in the abovegroup resource than the group member (for example, AE1) corresponding tothe first resource identifier. By using such method, the number of timesof sending a subscription resource creating request and respondingthereto is greatly reduced. For example, in the prior art, the totalnumber of times of sending and responding is n², while in the presenttechnical solution, the number of times of sending and responding is(n−1)², therefore, it can be reduced by 2n times. It should be furthernoted here that when AE2, AE3, AEn need to subscribe to messages ofother group members, it may also be implemented in the same manner asdescribed above, which will not be repeated in the present disclosure.

Further, after sending the above first request to the other group memberin the group resource than the group member corresponding to the firstresource identifier, it may be also necessary to receive feedbackinformation of the group member on the first request, which mayspecifically include: receiving and aggregating a response message sentby the other group member in response to the first request, and sendingthe response message aggregated to the group member corresponding to thefirst resource identifier, which will be described in detail in thefollowing.

The other group member (for example, AE2, AE3, AEn), when receiving theabove first request, responds to the first request and sends theresponse message generated by responding to the first request to theCSE. The CSE, after receiving the respective response message,aggregates the respective response message and sends the responsemessage aggregated to AE1, so that AE1 may subscribe to various messagesof AE2, AE3, AEn (such as creating, updating, retrieving, deleting,notifying, etc.). In this way, the number of messages that AE1 receivesand confirms may be greatly reduced, and a speed at which AE1 subscribesto the messages of the other group member may be increased.

Further, when it is determined that the first resource identifier doesnot exist in the group resource, the message processing method mayfurther include: sending the first request to all of the group membersin the group resource when determining that the first resourceidentifier information does not exist in the group resource, which willbe described in detail in the following.

When it is determined that the first resource identifier informationdoes not exist in the group resource (a new member is added to the groupresource), the first request is sent to all of the group members in thegroup resource. For example, in the prior art, the total number of timesof sending and responding is (n+1)², while in the present solution, thenumber of times of sending and responding is n², therefore, 2n+1 timescan be reduced. It can be seen that in such solution, the number oftimes of sending and responding can be greatly reduced, which improvesthe speed of subscription and reduces the system load.

Further, in order for the CSE to determine whether each device has beensubscribed to according to a subscribed device identifier informationgroup, the message processing method may further include: storing therespective second resource identifier information in the group resourceinto the group member set in the group resource, which will be describedin detail in the following.

After sending the first request to the other group member in the groupresource than the group member corresponding to the first resourceidentifier, the respective second resource identifier (e.g., <AE1>,<AE2, AE3, . . . , AEn>) in the group resource is stored in the groupmember set (subscribedMemberIDs).

Further, in order to allow a newly added group member to directlysubscribe to the message when subscribing to the message next time, themessage processing method further includes adding the first resourceidentifier information to the requested resource set, which will bedescribed in detail in the following.

When it is determined that the first resource identifier does not existin the group resource, the first resource identifier may be added to therequested resource set (subscribedMemberIDs). A data structure in thesubscribedMemberIDs may include: AE1=AE2, AE3, AEn, etc., and may alsoinclude other data structures, which is not specifically limited in thisexample.

In order to further reduce the number of sending and responding to thefirst request, after adding the resource identifier to the subscribeddevice identifier information group, referring to FIG. 6, the messageprocessing method may further include step S610 and step S620.

In step S610, a second request including a third resource identifier isreceived, and it is determined whether the third resource identifierexists in the subscribed resource list.

In step S620, the second request is sent to other group member than thegroup member corresponding to the respective resource identifier in thesubscribed device identifier information group when determining that thethird resource identifier exists in the subscribed resource list.

Further, the above steps S610 and S620 will be explained andillustrated. The second request (for example, the second request sent byF) including the third resource identifier is received, and then it isdetermined whether the third resource identifier corresponding to Fexists in the subscribed device identifier information group(subscribedMemberIDs). When it is determined that the third resourceidentifier corresponding to F exists in the subscribed device identifierinformation group (subscribedMemberIDs), the second request is directlysent to the other group member than the group member corresponding tothe respective resource identifier in the subscribed device identifierinformation group (subscribedMemberIDs). It should be further noted herethat the above second request may also include retrieving, creating,updating, deleting, and notifying, etc., for example.

Further, in order to facilitate the determination of the legitimacy ofthe request according to the resource identifier when receiving acreating request sent by the group member, so as to improve the securityof the entire system, the message processing method may further include:receiving a registering request including the first resource identifiersent by the respective group member, and in response to the registeringrequest, registering the respective group member according to therespective first resource identifier, which will be described in detailin the following.

The CSE, when receiving the registering request including the firstresource identifier sent by the group members AE1, AE2, AE3, . . . ,AEn, registers each group member in response to the registering requestaccording to each first resource identifier. The registered device groupmay include <AE1>, <AE2, AE3, . . . , AEn>, and so on.

The present disclosure also provides a message processing system.Referring to FIG. 7, the message processing system may include a requestreceiving module 710, a resource identifier determining module 720, anda request sending module 730.

The request receiving module 710 may be configured to receive a firstrequest including a first resource identifier.

The resource identifier determining module 720 may be configured todetermine whether the first resource identifier exists in a groupresource including a plurality of second resource identifiers and groupmembers corresponding to the second resource identifiers one by one; and

The request sending module 730 may be configured to send the firstrequest to other group member in the group resource than the groupmember corresponding to the first resource identifier when determiningthat the first resource identifier exists in the group resource.

The specific details of each module in the above message processingsystem have been described in detail in the corresponding messageprocessing method, which will not be repeated here.

In addition, although the respective steps of the method in the presentdisclosure are described in a specific order in the drawings, which doesnot require or imply that the steps must be performed in the specificorder, or all the steps shown must be performed to achieve a desiredresult. Additionally or alternatively, some steps may be omitted,multiple steps may be combined into one step for execution, and/or onestep may be decomposed into multiple steps for execution, etc.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in theart may easily understand that the example embodiments described heremay be implemented by software, or may be implemented by software incombination with necessary hardware. Therefore, the technical solutionaccording to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be embodiedin the form of a software product, which may be stored in anon-volatile, non-transitory storage medium (which may be a CD-ROM, Udisk, mobile hard disk, etc.) or on a network, and may include severalinstructions to cause a computing device (which may be a personalcomputer, server, mobile terminal, or network device, etc.) to performthe method according to the embodiments of the present disclosure.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, an electronicdevice capable of implementing the above method is also provided.

Those skilled in the art can understand that various aspects of thepresent disclosure may be implemented as a system, method, or programproduct. Therefore, various aspects of the present disclosure may bespecifically implemented in the following forms, namely: a completehardware implementation, a complete software implementation (includingfirmware, microcode, etc.), or a combination of hardware and softwareimplementations, which may be collectively referred to as “circuit”,“module” or “system” herein.

An electronic device 800 according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure will be described below with reference to FIG. 8. Theelectronic device 800 shown in FIG. 8 is only an example, and should notbring any limitation to functions and use scope of the embodiments ofthe present disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 8, the electronic device 800 is represented in the formof a general-purpose computing device. Components of the electronicdevice 800 may include, but are not limited to: at least one of theabove processing unit 810, at least one of the above storage unit 820,and a bus 830 connecting different system components (including thestorage unit 820 and the processing unit 810).

The storage unit stores a program code, and the program code can beexecuted by the processing unit 810, so that the processing unit 810executes the steps in various exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure described in the “exemplary method” section of thisspecification. For example, the processing unit 810 may execute thefollowing steps shown in FIG. 3: step S310, receiving a first requestincluding a first resource identifier; step S320, determining whetherthe first resource identifier exists in a group resource including aplurality of second resource identifiers and group members correspondingto the second resource identifiers one by one; and step S330, sendingthe first request to other group member in the group resource than thegroup member corresponding to the first resource identifier whendetermining that the first resource identifier exists in the groupresource.

The storage unit 820 may include a readable medium in the form of avolatile storage unit, such as a random access storage unit (RAM) 8201and/or a cache storage unit 8202, and may further include a read-onlystorage unit (ROM) 8203.

The storage unit 820 may further include a program/utility tool 8204having a set of (at least one) program modules 8205. Such programmodules 8205 include but are not limited to: an operating system, one ormore application programs, other program modules, and program data. Eachof these examples or some combination may include an implementation ofthe network environment.

The bus 830 may be one or more of several types of bus structures,including a storage unit bus or a storage unit controller, a peripheralbus, a graphics acceleration port, a processing unit, or a local areabus using any of a variety of bus structures.

The electronic device 800 may also communicate with one or more externaldevices 700 (e.g., a keyboard, pointing device, Bluetooth device, etc.),and may further communicate with one or more devices that enable a userto interact with the electronic device 800, and/or may communicate withany device (e.g., a router, modem, etc.) that enables the electronicdevice 800 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Thiscommunication may be performed through an input/output (I/O) interface850. Moreover, the electronic device 800 may also communicate with oneor more networks (such as a local area network (LAN), a wide areanetwork (WAN), and/or a public network, such as the Internet) through anetwork adapter 860. As shown in the figure, the network adapter 860communicates with other modules of the electronic device 800 through thebus 830. It should be understood that although not shown in the figure,other hardware and/or software modules may be used in conjunction withthe electronic device 800, including but not limited to: a microcode, adevice driver, a redundant processing unit, an external disk drivearray, an RAID system, a tape drive, a data backup storage system andthe like.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in theart can easily understand that the example embodiments described herecan be implemented by software, or can be implemented by software incombination with necessary hardware. Therefore, the technical solutionaccording to the embodiments of the present disclosure may be embodiedin the form of a software product, which may be stored in a non-volatilestorage medium (which may be a CD-ROM, U disk, mobile hard disk, etc.)or on a network, and may several instructions to cause a computingdevice (which may be a personal computer, server, terminal device, ornetwork device, etc.) to perform the method according to the embodimentsof the present disclosure.

In an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, there is alsoprovided a computer-readable storage medium on which a program productcapable of implementing the above method of this specification isstored. In some possible implementations, various aspects of the presentdisclosure may also be implemented in the form of a program product,which includes program codes, and when the program product runs on aterminal device, the program codes are configured to enable the terminaldevice to execute the steps in various exemplary embodiments of thepresent disclosure described in the “exemplary method” section of thisspecification.

Referring to FIG. 9, a program product 900 for implementing the abovemethod according to an embodiment of the present disclosure isdescribed. It may use a portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM)and include program codes, and may run on a terminal device such as apersonal computer. However, the program product of the presentdisclosure is not limited thereto. In this document, the readablestorage medium may be any tangible medium containing or storingprograms, which may be used by or in combination with an instructionexecution system, apparatus, or device.

The program product may employ any combination of one or more readablemedia. The readable medium may be a readable signal medium or a readablestorage medium. The readable storage medium may be, for example but notlimited to, an electrical, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, infrared,or semiconductor system, device, or element, or any combination thereof.More specific examples of readable storage media (non-exhaustive list)include: an electrical connection with one or more wires, portable disk,hard disk, random access memory (RAM), read only memory (ROM), erasableprogrammable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), optical fiber,portable compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), optical storage device,magnetic storage device, or any suitable combination thereof.

The computer-readable signal medium may include a data signal that istransmitted in baseband or as part of a carrier wave, in which areadable program code is carried. Such transmitted data signal can takemany forms, including but not limited to an electromagnetic signal,optical signal, or any suitable combination thereof. The readable signalmedium may also be any readable medium other than a readable storagemedium, and the readable medium may send, propagate, or transmit aprogram for use by or in combination with an instruction executionsystem, apparatus, or device.

The program code contained on the readable medium may be transmitted viaany appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wired,optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination thereof.

The program codes for performing the operations of the presentdisclosure can be written in any combination of one or more programminglanguages, including object-oriented programming languages such as Java,C++, etc., as well as conventional procedural programming languages suchas “C” language or similar programming languages. The program codes maybe executed entirely on a user's computing device, partly on the user'sdevice, as an independent software package, partly on the user'scomputing device and partly on a remote computing device, or entirely onthe remote computing device or server. In situations involving remotecomputing devices, the remote computing device may be connected to theuser computing device through any kind of network, including a localarea network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN), or may be connected toan external computing device (for example, via the Internet provided byan Internet service provider).

In addition, the above-mentioned drawings are only schematicillustrations of the processes included in the method according to theexemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, and are not intended tobe restrictive. It is easy to understand that the processes shown in theabove drawings do not indicate or limit a chronological order of theseprocesses. In addition, it is also easy to understand that theseprocesses may be performed synchronously or asynchronously in multiplemodules, for example.

After considering the description and practicing the invention disclosedherein, those skilled in the art will easily conceive of otherembodiments of the present disclosure. This application is intended tocover any variations, uses, or adaptive changes of the presentdisclosure that follow the general principles of the present disclosureand include common knowledge or customary technical means in thetechnical field not disclosed in the present disclosure. The descriptionand examples are to be considered exemplary only, and the true scope andspirit of the present disclosure are pointed out by the claims.

1. A message processing method, comprising: receiving a first requestcomprising a first resource identifier; determining whether the firstresource identifier exists in a group resource comprising a plurality ofsecond resource identifiers and group members corresponding to thesecond resource identifiers one by one; and sending the first request toother group member in the group resource than the group membercorresponding to the first resource identifier when determining that thefirst resource identifier exists in the group resource.
 2. The messageprocessing method according to claim 1, further comprising, afterdetermining whether the first resource identifier exists in a groupresource comprising a plurality of second resource identifiers and groupmembers corresponding to the second resource identifiers one by one,sending the first request to all of the group members in the groupresource when determining that the first resource identifier does notexist in the group resource.
 3. The message processing method accordingto claim 1, wherein: the group resource comprises a group member set,and the group member set comprises one or more of the second resourceidentifiers; and determining whether the first resource identifierexists in a group resource comprising a plurality of second resourceidentifiers and group members corresponding to the second resourceidentifiers one by one comprises: determining whether the first resourceidentifier exists in the group member set.
 4. The message processingmethod according to claim 1, wherein: the group resource comprises arequested resource set, and the requested resource set comprises one ormore of the second resource identifiers; and determining whether thefirst resource identifier exists in a group resource comprising aplurality of second resource identifiers and group members correspondingto the second resource identifiers one by one comprises: determiningwhether the first resource identifier exists in the requested resourceset.
 5. The message processing method according to claim 4, wherein therequested resource set comprises one or more of a created resource list,an updated resource list, a deleted resource list, a retrieved resourcelist, a subscribed resource list, and a notified resource list.
 6. Themessage processing method according to claim 1, further comprising,after sending the first request to other group member in the groupresource than the group member corresponding to the first resourceidentifier: receiving and aggregating a response message sent by theother group member in response to the first request, and sending theresponse message aggregated to the group member corresponding to thefirst resource identifier.
 7. The message processing method according toclaim 3, further comprising, after sending the first request to othergroup member in the group resource than the group member correspondingto the first resource identifier: storing the respective second resourceidentifier in the group resource into the group member set in the groupresource.
 8. The message processing method according to claim 2,wherein: the group resource comprises a requested resource set, and therequested resource set comprises one or more of the second resourceidentifiers; the message processing method further comprises, aftersending the first request to all of the group members in the groupresource: adding the first resource identifier to the requested resourceset.
 9. The message processing method according to claim 5, furthercomprising: receiving a second request comprising a third resourceidentifier, and determining whether the third resource identifier existsin the subscribed resource list; and sending the second request to othergroup member than the group member corresponding to the respectiveresource identifier in the subscribed resource list when determiningthat the third resource identifier exists in the subscribed resourcelist.
 10. The message processing method according to claim 1, whereinthe first request comprises one or more of a creating request, anupdating request, a deleting request, a retrieving request, asubscribing request, and a notifying request.
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 12. Anon-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a computerprogram stored thereon, wherein the computer program, when executed byat least one hardware processor, causes the at least one hardwareprocessor to implement message processing method comprising: receiving afirst request comprising a first resource identifier; determiningwhether the first resource identifier exists in a group resourcecomprising a plurality of second resource identifiers and group memberscorresponding to the second resource identifiers one by one; and sendingthe first request to other group member in the group resource than thegroup member corresponding to the first resource identifier whendetermining that the first resource identifier exists in the groupresource.
 13. An electronic device, comprising: at least one hardwareprocessor; and a memory comprising program instructions executable bythe at least one hardware processor stored thereon that, when executed,direct the at least one hardware processor to implement a messageprocessing method comprising: receiving a first request comprising afirst resource identifier; determining whether the first resourceidentifier exists in a group resource comprising a plurality of secondresource identifiers and group members corresponding to the secondresource identifiers one by one; and sending the first request to othergroup member in the group resource than the group member correspondingto the first resource identifier when determining that the firstresource identifier exists in the group resource.
 14. The electronicdevice according to claim 13, wherein the message processing methodfurther comprises, after determining whether the first resourceidentifier exists in a group resource comprising a plurality of secondresource identifiers and group members corresponding to the secondresource identifiers one by one, sending the first request to all of thegroup members in the group resource when determining that the firstresource identifier does not exist in the group resource.
 15. Theelectronic device according to claim 13, wherein: the group resourcecomprises a group member set, and the group member set comprises one ormore of the second resource identifiers; and determining whether thefirst resource identifier exists in a group resource comprising aplurality of second resource identifiers and group members correspondingto the second resource identifiers one by one comprises: determiningwhether the first resource identifier exists in the group member set.16. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein: the groupresource comprises a requested resource set, and the requested resourceset comprises one or more of the second resource identifiers; anddetermining whether the first resource identifier exists in a groupresource comprising a plurality of second resource identifiers and groupmembers corresponding to the second resource identifiers one by onecomprises: determining whether the first resource identifier exists inthe requested resource set.
 17. The electronic device according to claim16, wherein the requested resource set comprises one or more of acreated resource list, an updated resource list, a deleted resourcelist, a retrieved resource list, a subscribed resource list, and anotified resource list.
 18. The electronic device according to claim 13,wherein the message processing method further comprises, after sendingthe first request to other group member in the group resource than thegroup member corresponding to the first resource identifier: receivingand aggregating a response message sent by the other group member inresponse to the first request, and sending the response messageaggregated to the group member corresponding to the first resourceidentifier.
 19. The electronic device according to claim 15, wherein themessage processing method further comprises, after sending the firstrequest to other group member in the group resource than the groupmember corresponding to the first resource identifier: storing therespective second resource identifier in the group resource into thegroup member set in the group resource.
 20. The electronic deviceaccording to claim 14, wherein: the group resource comprises a requestedresource set, and the requested resource set comprises one or more ofthe second resource identifiers; and the message processing methodfurther comprises, after sending the first request to all of the groupmembers in the group resource: adding the first resource identifier tothe requested resource set.
 21. The electronic device according to claim17, wherein the message processing method further comprises: receiving asecond request comprising a third resource identifier, and determiningwhether the third resource identifier exists in the subscribed resourcelist; and sending the second request to other group member than thegroup member corresponding to the respective resource identifier in thesubscribed resource list when determining that the third resourceidentifier exists in the subscribed resource list.